Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability was 14.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability in Bulgaria, 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability in Bulgaria stood at 14.3%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 20.6% on the previous year and down 59.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability in Bulgaria peaked at 35.3% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 14.3%, in 2025.
Bulgaria ranks 4th of 45 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 35.3% | — |
| 2016 | 33.5% | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 30.6% | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 21.4% | -30.1% |
| 2019 | 21.6% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 21.9% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 21.0% | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 20.2% | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 19.7% | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 18.0% | -8.6% |
| 2025 | 14.3% | -20.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 28.5% | 21.4% | 35.3% | 5 |
| 2020s | 19.2% | 14.3% | 21.9% | 6 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Bulgaria
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.75 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,224 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.41 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 29.97 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.0% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability in Bulgaria?
- Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability in Bulgaria was 14.3% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 35.3% in 2015.
- What is the lowest severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.3% in 2025.
- How does Bulgaria rank for severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability?
- Bulgaria ranks 4th out of 45 countries with data for 2025.
- Is severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability (activity limitation), sex and age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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